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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, February 26, 2015 | 32 Local skiers win Canada Winter Games gold Curler claims eighth U.S. title Oakville skiers Brianna finish in single moguls. Macdonald and Robert Oakville's William KoAndison each won gold rnya also earned a skiing medals during the first medal, collecting bronze week of competition in the men's alpine superat the Canada Winter G. Griffin Copp, also of Games in Victoria, B.C. Oakville, was fourth in Macdonald dominated the event. the women's alpine giIn women's hockant slalom, winning by ey, Oakville's Lindsay nearly four seconds. The Agnew, Madison Field, victory came a day after Sarah McDonnell and she earned silver in the Brianna Macdonald won the women's alpine giant slalom at the Kristin O'Neill were super-G. Canada Winter Games. | photo by Giles Palmer -- Courtesy of forced to settle for silver "I was going really fast Canada Winter Games after a 2-1 overtime loss and I felt myself increasto Quebec in the chaming speed on every single section of the course," said pionship game. O'Neill forced OT by tying the game the 15-year-old. "I came down to the bottom and I with 3:20 remaining in regulation time, but Quebec was ahead of everyone by a lot, so I was really happy." scored a power-play marker 9:18 into the extra sesAndison's victory came in the men's freestyle dual sion to win its first-ever Canada Winter Games wommoguls, where he bested Quebec's Alexandre Lavoie en's hockey title. 19-16 in the final. Andison, 17, added a 10th-place The Games will continue until March 1. Since her first USA Curling NaBrown ended her longest stretch tionals in 1991, Erika Brown has without a championship ­ six years changed roles, teammates, even the -- when she took the 2010 title, country where she lives. also held in Kalamazoo. The only thing that She last won in 2013 in hasn't changed is her abilGreen Bay, Wis., a twoity to win. and-half hour drive from The Oakville resident her hometown of Madiwon her eighth national son, Wis. title Saturday in KalamaDespite the victory, zoo, Mich., holding off Brown's rink will not get a late charge by former the opportunity to repreteammate Patti Lank sent the U.S. at the world Erika Brown to win 7-6. Brown now championships. The ranks second to Allison American representative Pottinger (10) in U.S. women's titles. was determined by points earned The victory came 20 years after throughout the season with Aileen Brown's first national women's title Sormunen, who took the bronze at in 1995, the first of her only back- nationals, finishing atop the order of to-back wins. She added champion- merit. ships in 1999, 2002 and 2004 (all -- A longer version of this story is available online at bit.ly/1A6C3VZ three as vice with Lank as skip). UL T M M ER H O SU ER OAKS AR N E OAKVILLE ADULT SPRING & SUMMER HOCKEY LEAGUE rIver oaKs areNa Garth Webb's basketball program making quick strides continued from p.31 (nine). Webb withstood a gameopening 17-6 run by the Trailblazers and took its first lead of the game with a minute to go in the first half. Neither team led by more than three points again until midway through the fourth quarter. Webb coach Tim Faulhafer lamented his team's inability to make a run when Jurkovic went to the bench with foul trouble early in the third quarter, but was thrilled with the Chargers' season overall. Webb is in just its third year of existence and made the junior Tier 2 playoffs last season for the first time. "We're growing a program," Faulhafer said. "Our kids come looking to play basketball, and we get in the gym and work hard. "I'd like to be known as a basketball school. It's close to my heart. But I'm just happy to take the kids who come to the school and help them enjoy basketball." -- Jon Kuiperij CK AD EY Andrew Deligero and his teammates made sure that two Holy Trinity Titans streaks lived on. Deligero scored 18 points on his birthday as the NEW PLAYER IN-PERSON REGISTRATION (discount applied) Titans won their fourth straight Halton midget boys' WED, MARCH 11, 7- 8 PM at RIVER OAKS ARENA basketball title with a 37-28 win over Milton's Craig Kielburger Spartans Tuesday at OR ON-LINE : HMHL.BIZLAND.COM or CALL 905-849-9712 Sheridan College. Trinity's win also extended the Titans' streak of having at least one regional boys' basketball champion to nine seasons. Holy Trinity's fourSoccer Player Development year run as junior Tier 1 champs Game Based LearninG Brain Based LearninG ended this year, while the school's · NoN-CoNtaCt · WedNesday NIghts · INdIvIdual / team eNtry PrIme tIme · BalaNCed teams aPrIl 29 - July 29 RI A V Midget Titans extend two Holy Trinity boys' basketball streaks senior team claimed Tier 1 crowns in 2012 and 2013. "The whole load of our school was on this. We had to focus even more because we wanted to bring this back to HT and get at least one championship," said Deligero, who turned 15 Tuesday. The Titans trailed Kielburger by as many as 12 points in the first half and did not pull away until Sukhman Jagpal hit a threepointer with two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, giving Trinity a 34-28 lead. Jagpal scored six points, Keontay Willis added five and Cameron Marley scored four. Michael Nkongold (15) and Justin Knight (nine) were the top scorers for Kielburger. socceR pRoGRaMs that Develop plaYeRs InnovatIve technIques to Develop InDIvIDual skIll Oakville Summer Registration Now Open! 905-467-2775 pRoGRaM DIRectoR: DIno lopez powered by www.apexfootylab.com Learn More and register at